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Tuscan trail I represented in a true to life manner (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

naturalistic

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'a true to life manner' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'tuscan trail i represented' is the wordplay.
'represented' indicates an anagram.
'tuscan'+'trail'+'i'='tuscantraili'
'tuscantraili' with letters rearranged gives 'NATURALISTIC'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for naturalistic that I've seen before include "Imitating real life" , "Representative" , "very true-to-life" , "Based on real life" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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